Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 200 Can't Check All?
The lobby of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

After Lu Zhong finished speaking, the brows of the other three frowned in unison.

When it arrived, Yu Shiyue still asked.

"The commander means that the local officials are to be investigated?"

The officials in Beijing are almost checked, so those who are not in Beijing are naturally local officials.

Before Lu Zhong could answer, Chen Yi shook his head and said.

"Although Wang Zhen has been domineering and arbitrarily powerful these years, he has never been out of the capital after all, and has very little involvement with local officials. Even his official business contacts are through the Six Ministries. There are very few local officials who can be involved with Wang Zhen."

"Furthermore, the officials in the capital have checked it all over, and the momentum is already big enough. Officials from all over the country have more than ten thousand ideas, and it is not appropriate to cause too much turmoil. The emperor may not have this intention."

As soon as the elder opened his mouth, he directly denied this possibility.

In other words, even if Lu Zhong really meant this, Chen Yi would not agree.

Over the years, Wang Zhen has been arrogating power, but he didn't want to usurp the throne and rebel.

His influence is more in the center, so the investigation of local officials is basically implicated, which is more serious than Wang Zhen's monopoly.

Glancing at Lu Zhong who obviously felt a little pity, Chen Yi snorted coldly and said in a deep voice.

"It's all over now, Commander Lu shouldn't let it go. The old man sees the emperor's will and has the intention to close the case. What's missing is just an opportunity."

"Commander Lu gathered us together today, but he was so ambiguous. Could it be that he wanted the old man to enter the palace in person to question the emperor?"

Chen Yike is different from ordinary court officials, don't look at him like a doormat in front of the emperor.

But in fact, Zuodu Yushi's status in the court is second only to the official secretary.

Others cared about Lu Zhong, the commander of Jinyiwei, but Chen Yi would not give him half of face.

He didn't care about this matter before, because the government is now stable, and when the case will be concluded has little impact.

As the censor of Zuodu, there are more government affairs that need his attention, so he left it to Dali Temple to deal with.

But now, since they have all found him, it is not appropriate to ignore them.

In fact, for Chen Yi, this is not a difficult task.

After the army reported to Beijing last time, the emperor gave the Qiqing ministers a token to enter the palace at any time. I don't know why, but they haven't taken it back until now.

This matter seemed difficult to Yu Shiyue, but to Chen Yi, it was just a matter of going to the palace.

This is much easier than dealing with this Jinyiwei commander here.

"This……"

Lu Zhong got up quickly, cupped his hands and apologized, and said.

"Don't be angry, Mr. Zongxian. This command is also a guess. Besides, before I finished speaking, several elders went to the magistrate by themselves. It can't be blamed on me."

"Humph."

Chen Yi snorted coldly, stared at Lu Zhong without saying a word.

Being in the center, he is qualified to have access to a considerable part of the secret music, although it does not include Jin Yiwei's.

But at least, he knows far more than ordinary court officials.

Among them is the situation that Jin Yiwei has infiltrated various mansions under the guise of investigating cases these days.

However, because the new king has just succeeded to the throne and needs to strengthen his control over the court, the senior officials in the court did not interfere too much.

But this tolerance is not unlimited.

At the very least, they will never allow Jin Yiwei to extend his influence to various places.

Therefore, when Chen Yi said that he wanted to go to the palace to question the emperor in person, he did not simply want to question the closure of the case.

Seeing this situation, Lu Zhong didn't dare to neglect, and said hastily.

"It's true that the elders have misunderstood. This commander is talking about officials who are not in Beijing, but not local officials. After all, the local government can have nothing to do with Wang Zhen."

"What I'm talking about is officials who were sent out of Beijing to handle errands under Wang Zhen's orders and have not yet returned to Beijing."

At the end of the conversation, Lu Zhong's expression became serious, without any hint of joking.

Yu Shiyue and the others went through these words in their hearts, and a trace of cold sweat could not help but ooze from their heads.

When Wang Zhen was there, he was an official sent out to Beijing to do business and has not yet returned to Beijing.

As soon as these qualifiers came out, it became clear who Commander Lu was referring to.

Although Lu Zhong kept saying that what he said were all his own guesses.

But the officials present knew it all in their hearts.

In all likelihood, this Commander of Jinyiwei came here at the behest of the emperor.

Officials below the third rank are not worthy of falling into the eyes of the emperor.

As for the officials above the third grade, they were sent out of Beijing, and the only ones who have not come back now are...

Chen Yi also got serious and said.

"The court officials who are currently dispatched abroad are Wang Ji, Minister of the Ministry of War of Bo Jingyuan, and Shi Pu, Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Both of them have been involved with Wang Zhen before. Commander Lu may as well say bluntly, what is he talking about? Who?"

Wang Zhen's case involved a lot, but it wasn't particularly serious.

In the imperial court, basically, officials of the third grade or above were summoned for reprimand at most, and there were very few substantive punishments such as relegation.

As for the real court officials, none of them moved.

But obviously, Lu Zhong, or the Son of Heaven, felt that this matter was a bit too low-key.

For such a major case that shakes the government and the public, there must be a person with enough weight to hold the line.

In the previous episode, although Cao Jixiang and other eunuchs were dealt with, in the end, eunuchs are just eunuchs.

To truly intimidate the courtiers, one must be comparable to the Qiqing, and it is enough to be severely punished for this.

I'm afraid this is what the emperor called "unfinished business".

Lu Zhong didn't answer immediately, he took a sip of tea and asked softly.

"Lord Zongxian, since you said that these two bosses are both involved with Wang Zhen, why can't they all be interrogated?"

Putting the teacup in his hand on the table, Lu Zhong's expression was still very serious, without any intention of joking.

Yu Shiyue groaned inwardly, he never expected that he would come to this point after all.

These two are not small people.

Not to mention Shi Pu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, one of the serious seven ministers, his Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, but a real professor, was ordered years ago to admiral military affairs to go to Chuzhou to suppress the rebellion.

As for Wang Ji, Minister of the Ministry of War of Uncle Jingyuan, although his Minister of War was falsely awarded, he had accompanied the army to conquer Luchuan three times, and his prestige and status in the ruling and opposition parties was not weaker than that of Qiqing.

And more importantly, he is the only courtier in Ming Dynasty who was knighted by military merit as a civil servant.

This point is extremely important to the current civil servants.

Because Wang Ji was born as a literati, but he was awarded a title with military merits, which means that he can justifiably hold the official position of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

It is not so simple for these two people to move.

Yu Siqing really didn't expect such a thing to happen when the case was about to be closed.

He wanted to turn the big thing into a small thing, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that Lu Zhong, the commander of the Jinyiwei, was standing behind the emperor.

In other words, this time, maybe the emperor took the opportunity to adjust the court situation, or maybe he wanted to take the opportunity to prevent civil servants from eroding his relatives?

Yu Shiyue and Jiang Yuan looked at each other, feeling a headache.

How can they decide such a big matter.

After thinking about it, the two of them coincidentally cast their eyes on Chen Yi who was silent.

Right now, only his old man can take this idea...

Chen Yi's gray eyebrows knit together, but after a while, he raised his head, shook his head slightly at Lu Zhong, and said.

"The war is over, and the government should focus on stability. Both of these two are important officials of the court, and they are recalled for trial at the same time, which is too turbulent."

"What's more, although they are all involved with Wang Zhen, they are deep and shallow. Although we practice judicial matters, we should also focus on the overall situation of the court."

"Thus, the old man's intention is to only punish the accomplice who has a deep friendship with Wang Zhen among the two. As for the one who is only slightly involved, after finding out the reason, it is enough to send an order to reprimand."

"Commander Lu thinks, is this possible?"

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